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riley

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hey all, ive recently changed my head lights, high beams and fog lights to HIDs problem im having is every one high beams me (i knew this would happen) but when i high beam them back the HIDs need to warm up so it actually looks like low beams lol. on the r33 the high beams and low beams dont run at the same time they switch between each other. but i found that there is a sweet spot on the high/low switch where they can both run at the same time. is there any way that i can get them to both run at the same time when i switch to high beams?

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That's why you're not supposed to put HIDs in your high-beam. As far as I'm aware, it's even part of the ADRs - and you sure won't even find cars that come from the factory with HIDs with HID high-beam.

You also should consider that the HIDs you've fitted in even your regular beam aren't legal or meeting ADRs. You will run into issues with the police, defect notices, etc. I suspect there are also insurance implications - especially if your non-legal headlights could be blamed for an accident. Either way, do you really want to draw more attention to a car that already has a lot of police attention?

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I wouldn't suggest keeping them, I got defected for them within a few weeks of having them. Myself and another mate who has a 33 has also gotten defected for it and we never found a way to angle them down ENOUGH that their still not blinding, definitely not worth the extra light. What I can recommend is the Dual-High Beam mod, done it myself and it's awesome.

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That's why you're not supposed to put HIDs in your high-beam. As far as I'm aware, it's even part of the ADRs - and you sure won't even find cars that come from the factory with HIDs with HID high-beam.

You also should consider that the HIDs you've fitted in even your regular beam aren't legal or meeting ADRs. You will run into issues with the police, defect notices, etc. I suspect there are also insurance implications - especially if your non-legal headlights could be blamed for an accident. Either way, do you really want to draw more attention to a car that already has a lot of police attention?

lol to answer that question.... i live in darwin. nuf said. lol...cops here have more important things to do here than defect people. im not going to say what because it would be racist lol.

they dont seem to care here. they are definately illegal here, just no one cares. and with the amount of random shit that jumps out of the bushes here u need them to see.

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I wouldn't suggest keeping them, I got defected for them within a few weeks of having them. Myself and another mate who has a 33 has also gotten defected for it and we never found a way to angle them down ENOUGH that their still not blinding, definitely not worth the extra light. What I can recommend is the Dual-High Beam mod, done it myself and it's awesome.

dual high beam mod? whats this? ne info?

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That's why you're not supposed to put HIDs in your high-beam. As far as I'm aware, it's even part of the ADRs - and you sure won't even find cars that come from the factory with HIDs with HID high-beam.

Nonsense, there's plenty of cars that come factory with HID high-beams. BMW's, Range Rovers, Audi's etc. BMW's just have separate halogen bulbs that are used for the flash function, they aren't used during normal operating.

OP; firstly, just get your low beams adjusted properly so you stop blinding people. Mine used to do the same thing, got them adjusted and now I don't have any issues. Secondly, you can get bi-xenon's which is probably what Borci is talking about. Basically it keeps both high and low beams on at the same time, and has a rotating shield that blocks the light from the high beams when you don't have them on and then flicks out of the way when you turn them on to let the light out.

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I drove in front of a yaris with HID's on the way home tonight f'n annoying, & there's a few 4wd's too with HIDS, I have to fold the mirrors in & angle the rearview mirror down :rant:

Factory Xenons are nowhere near as bad

are all HID's like this or is it just wankers who aren't bothering to adjust their headlights down? :spank:

edit: oh & also when someone with HID's oncoming from the opposite direction grrr

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I drove in front of a yaris with HID's on the way home tonight f'n annoying, & there's a few 4wd's too with HIDS, I have to fold the mirrors in & angle the rearview mirror down :rant:

Factory Xenons are nowhere near as bad

are all HID's like this or is it just wankers who aren't bothering to adjust their headlights down? :spank:

edit: oh & also when someone with HID's oncoming from the opposite direction grrr

It's mostly because of poor adjustment. I've driven behind friends at night, they said mine aren't too bad. The thing is, headlights go out of adjustment all the time. So lots of people just don't even know.

Factory HID's will have projector housings, so they get a very flat cut-off line. Then most modern cars have self adjusters, so as a car goes over a bump or a hill, the headlights adjust themselves down so they are never pointing into other drivers eyes.

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